The whole Bible is about how God worked with one family,
Ephesians 4:15 and our desire is to be a part of that family. With that
understanding, we desire to be a place of growth.

At FCC you should find the ability
to grow in knowledge, in relationships and in your awareness of God's presence
and expectations. We consider ourselves a family because of our commitment to
one another and because all those who follow Jesus are family. We recognize
that each person is on their personal journey toward God, and we invite you to
make your journey a part of ours. Here is how it all works out:

Authenticity

We are real people who worship a real God. We live this
value out in two ways. First, in our Sunday morning services. While we spend a
lot of time preparing for them, we want to make sure that we never "put on
a show". "We recognize that the world we live in is both beautiful
and broken ..."A great deal of care is put into making sure that our music
reflects who we are and how we feel. Some of our songs will be fun and
uplifting, while others will share our struggles with God and this world. In
our teaching we will refuse to shy away from any subject that needs to be
discussed. Occasionally we have even offered times for anyone present questions
via text messaging to be answered immediately. We recognize that the world we
live in is both beautiful and broken, and we desire to engage with all of it.

Faithfulness

Our understanding of faithfulness comes from the first time
that the word is used in the Old Testament. In Exodus 17:12-13, Moses had just
led God's people out of slavery in Egypt when they were attacked by the
Amalekite army. While the battle raged on Moses was expected to keep his arms
raised, and each time his arms would begin to fall, God's people would begin
losing. For Moses to make it through the day he needed help from others, but
finally they overcame their attackers. In that passage we read how Moses' hands
"remained steady." In the original Hebrew, it would read that his
hands were "faithful." Faith is not a belief system, it is an action
based on a belief system. Faith is the image of sore muscles and long
challenges. We see that lived out at FCC though studying together. We know that
it takes others around us to stay strong, it takes facing challenges together
to learn how to overcome, it takes knowing the Bible to remain steady. So when
we say faithful, we mean that we will be consistently committed to studying
together.

Compassion

We will serve one another and our world with the compassion
of God. It is our responsibility to be the example of what God desires from His
people. Basically, we are responsible for compassionately serving God by
serving one another and the world around us. This starts here in our local
church, then in our local community, then our country and then into the world.
As we understand it, each Christian should strive to have a ministry not just
within the church, but outside of the church as well. To that end, we partner
with many local community ministries to live out God's heart. We get this from
James 1:27, which reads, "Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and
faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to
keep oneself from being polluted by the world."

Everything that we do is designed to help God's kingdom advance for generations
to come. Our desire, therefore, is to help everyone become fully immersed in
God's kingdom, not in our own personal empire. We want to see people recognize
the power of God over the effectiveness of First Christian Church. We want to
see people covered by God so that no matter where they look, they cannot help
but to see Him. And we do it for the sake of the next generation of adults. A
lot of effort goes into a quality children's program and a quality teen
program, but we do it all to help them grow into maturity.